“Everybody, every human being has the obligation to contribute somehow to this world” - Edith Carter, some may believe this but during the Holocaust others thought differently. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, readers receive insight into Elie’s own experiences at the concentration camps during the Holocaust. Elie loses his faith through these experiences and becomes more dehumanized. Many forms of dehumanization are shown against the Jews, like starvation, taking all belongings from Jews, and treating them like they are animals. These experiences inspired Elie to share what trials he faced for almost his entire childhood. One of the main forms of dehumanization shown is starvation towards the Jews. In the book Elie says, “We were withered …show more content…
I was nothing but a body. Perhaps even less: a famished stomach.” (Weisel 52). Elie is now starting to look less himself and have more skin and bones. Many times he was unsure if he would even be fed, so he was thankful for what he could get, even if it was good or not. The Nazis also took all belongings and valuables from the Jews. Elie says, “... a Jew was henceforth forbidden to own.... any valuables.” (Wiesel 10). All Jews were not allowed to have any of their valuables that they had brought with them. They were getting stripped of many things and now not able to have the one thing they have not lost. Elie also says, “My father went down to the cellar and buried our savings.” (Wiesel 11). At a young age, Elie should not have to worry about hiding his own belongings, but he did. His father was concerned and always tried to do what could be done to help the situation. Lastly, the Jews were looked at as animals and were treated even worse than the rest of us. In the book Elie says, “The Hungarian police used their rifle butts, their clubs to indiscriminately strike old men and women, children and cripples.”( Wiesel 16). No sympathy was shown for any kind of human being at the